I made the mannequin out of white pvc plumbing pipes and joints and then used a old quilt to wrap the pvc frame and give it the shape/bulk needed ($5 or less in materials) .

The mask was a original Don Post Texas Chainsaw mask and was by far the most expensive part , if I remember right I paid $40 . All in all I still believe I spent less then $75 total on the entire prop so it's still pretty reasonable

Here's what the mask looked like originally ...[300][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.][/300]

I plan to eventually split the pumpkin so I can put a skull and "membrane" in it so it looks like the movies intro after it starts splitting apart . I think it would look a lot cooler displayed that way because the actual design of the pumpkins face is rather boring .

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Ian , do you have any suggestions as to what would make a nice membrane material ?

That pretty well covers the majority of my older props but I have been working on repairing and touching up a few of the older ones .

The latex broke on this head so I had to repair the damage . I actually took some coat hanger wire and super glued them about 5 inches deep into each "skin flap" and bent the wires into a hook on the ends so I could attach the chains . I changed the original strings to chains and added a few "accessories" to the head

I sanded off the "tape wrap" on the handle and then carved some wood grain where the tape was with my dremel tool . Then painted , shaded and wrapped the barbwire - even added the worn Louisville slugger emblem

Whats hilarious is I have seen a ton of Lucille props selling on ebay for $150 They are made with real bats and barbwire though and I went the fake route for the safety of trick or treaters . It actually would have been a lot easier to make a real bat then the fake one

brilliant , love the toad !!!! all looks so sick , on a side note I don't make props just collect them . id be scared to get some of that stolen theyre too good .granpa and the dummy are just too twisted

I always seem to have a few extra skulls lying around so I took a couple and did my usual weathering paint treatment to them , then cut holes in the backs so they could be placed over the arm rests on my porch bench ...

We have a nice footstool that we generally keep in our carport but usually remove it during Halloween because it's yellow cushion just didn't blend in to the display . I decided we could use a extra place to sit down on Halloween night so I made a few modifications to the stool to make it fit in

great job on the chicken eyes lol brilliant . funny I was talking to the wife and showed some of your setup to her . she said they keep all that cool stuff outside ? I had no idead is was in your carport . so you do up your garage basically? , then park outside? very cool as always